Hopper flows of deformable particles
Yuxuan Cheng, John D. Treado, Benjamin F. Lonial, Piotr Habdas, Eric R. Weeks, Mark D. Shattuck, Corey S. O’Hern
Abstract
The Beverloo equation describes the flow rate of particles through hoppers as a power-law (with exponent β ) in the orifice diameter. β varies continuously with the ratio of the viscous drag to the kinetic friction coefficient.
Topics & Concepts
ExponentMechanicsDissipationPower lawStokes numberScalingPhysicsDragParticle (ecology)Classical mechanicsGeometryReynolds numberThermodynamicsMathematicsTurbulencePhilosophyGeologyLinguisticsStatisticsOceanographyGranular flow and fluidized bedsFluid Dynamics and MixingPickering emulsions and particle stabilization